A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have been slowly freezing over time. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: formation
Earth formed much faster than previously thought, new study shows
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•By measuring iron isotopes, researchers have shown that our planet originally formed much faster than previously thought. This finding provides new insights on both planetary formation and the likelihood of …read more Source:: Science
New Horizons team uncovers a critical piece of the planetary formation puzzle
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•Data from NASA’s New Horizons mission are providing new insights into how planets and planetesimals — the building blocks of the planets — were formed. …read more Source:: Science
‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report
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•A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report. The bacterium that controls the formation of …read more Source:: Science
Water formation on the Moon demonstrated
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•A new study has shown chemical, physical, and material evidence for water formation on the Moon. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers find evidence of a planet with a mass almost 13 times that of Jupiter
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•Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), in Chile’s Atacama Desert, will help to obtain answers on the formation and evolution of these exotic environments, as well as the possibility of life there. …read more Source:: Science
The rise and fall of Ziggy star formation and the rich dust from ancient stars
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•Researchers have detected a radio signal from abundant interstellar dust in MACS0416_Y1, a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Standard models can’t explain this much dust in …read more Source:: Science
Diving into Earth’s interior helps scientists unravel secrets of diamond formation
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•Understanding the global carbon cycle provides scientists with vital clues about the planet’s habitability. …read more Source:: Science
The orderly chaos of black holes
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•During the formation of a black hole a bright burst of very energetic light in the form of gamma-rays is produced, these events are called gamma-ray bursts. Researchers have built …read more Source:: Science
Scientists theorize new origin story for Earth’s water
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•Earth’s water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important …read more Source:: Science